International Space Station

[Yorkie]

Best time to view the station from the ground is just after sunset in high summer. It looks like somebody dragging an arc light across the sky at high speed. There are a few web sites out there devoted to tracking, http://www.isstracker.com/ is one decent site.

Fascinating!

At this moment, it's just over the tip of South America, travelling at 17,157 MPH, at an altitude of 257 miles above Earth, and at that speed, will soon be over the tip of South Africa.

Not really so high - only the distance from here in Hull to South London, or to Liverpool and back.